The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1887-08-10
TOBACCO TO SMOKE.
Money Pulled Away by this Big
Nation.
From the PhiladeEphia Netus.

From the PHILADELPHIA Netcs.
Six cigars are here One retails for 4c.,
another for 81, and the Others sell for 10c.,
15c., Csc, and SOC. Now which is which
said retail dealer, to a reporter, who chose
them in the following order: 15c., SOC, SC. =,
81, 10c., and Csc, much to his amusement.
Don't be discouraged; there are few who
can tell good cigar when they see it, and
there are fewer stu who really care wheth-
er or not they get good one.
Most smokers buy cigar simply to have
something in their mouths, and not because
they enjoy the exquisite aroma of good to-
bacco. In England, where every cigar is
an imported one, and where, even to buy a
villaiDouSly bad one you must pay sixpence
12c.l, the majority of smokers use a pipe.
That is because pipe tobacco is generally
pretty good, and pipe that has been well
seasoned gives its own favor to the tobacco,
making it taste good, even if it is only third
rate. Over there cigars are seldom smoked
out of DOORS for it is O known and appre-
ciated fact that TO thoroughly enjoy good
cigar you must be at rest and must have
ease and comfortable surroundings. 1t is
luxury, and wants to be treated as such.
Walking along the street, especially on
windy days, your cigar burns too fast and
too unevenly for the filler and wrapper to
affiliate, so to speak, however well they may
have been chosen, or however skillfully
they may have been mechanically united.
SMOKER OR ''PUFFER."
81 can tell directly l see a man light his
cigar whether he is going to enjoy his
smoke, indeed, whether he knows how to do
so. / often smile when | see man looking
wisely through bundle of cigars and pick
ing out one under the fond impression that
he is making me think he is judge There
is an old story of a man who went into
store and asked for the best cigar the
dealer had. He was handed a
ten cent cigar. That didn't SATISFY
him; he wanted a more expensive one.
He was shown several, ranging fifteen,
twenty, twenty-five and fifty cents pieces,
but he always pretended that they We're not
good enough, although any of them was an
excellent article, the most expensive being
so only on account Of its brand, and perhaps
its perfume or some little matter of that
kind AT last the tobacconist became an
moved and wearied, so he determined to
settle the matter. L have a cigar here
which | seldom sell, because have only one
box left; they are dollar each and are very
choice
"'Why didn't you bring 'em out beforeP
said the customer. Accordingly the dealer
handed him one OF his &c. cigars, pocketed
the dollar and the man went away perfectly
ated case. know that in nine cases out of
ten where people ask for a very expensive
cigar it is only because they happen to be
flush of money and want to brag of the big
price they have paid for their smoke.
THE COST OF CIGARS.
"Now | pay $50 thousand for my sc.
cigars, which gives profit Of $40 a thous-
and. The actual cost to the manufacturer
for that brand of cigar is about from $50 to
S25 thousand. The maker is paid from So
to 50 thousand; the packer 81 to 81 80 per
thousand for sorting and packing; the boxes
cost &c. each; fancy stamp 1c. each, and
with rent interest on investment and profit
the figure comes close to S25.
"The tobacco crop has OF course increased
wonderfully Twenty years ago the years
production was 200, COO, 900 pounds; this year
there will not be less than So, 900, 600 pounds
grown.
"In addition TO the tobacco raised in this
country the imports of the present year will
make total Of not less than fifteen pounds
per capita for the entire population Of the
United States. Half Of that produced, how
ever, is exported which will make the
home consumption average about eight
pounds per capita. The value of the inn
ported tobacco and imported cigars
amounts annually to about $4,000, 900;
adding the SS,0o0,000, will bring the total
paid for 1t by the American consumers up
10 $40 1000, 900, which sum is of course
doubled or trebled before it reaches tho
smoker in the shape of imported cigars.
The cigar manufactures in this country
will make over $500, 000,000 cigars this
wear and about 900, 900, 900 cigarettes. For
chewing tobacco and snuff about 100000, 900
pounds viii be used